Remember: Many kinds of work share the same skills, and skills grow with practice. You do not need to choose a job today.
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Jobs Day in Maple HillIt was Jobs Day in Maple Hill, with tables set up in the square. Mina walked around with a notebook and one big question: which skill does each worker use the most? A skill is something you do well because you practiced it. She drew four boxes, for counting, reading, listening and making. Aunt Rosa, who baked bread before sunrise, said, "Counting is my secret." Eggs, cups and minutes all needed counting. Sam, who built garden sheds, said, "Reading is my secret." He read each plan twice before cutting a plank. Nico, who sold flowers, said, "Listening is my secret." A customer once said her gran was sad, so Nico listened and picked yellow flowers. Tess, who taught at the school, said, "Making is my secret." She made lessons from paper, paint and a story. Then Mina saw it: every worker used all four skills, in different amounts. Work comes in many kinds, and no kind of work is better than another, because a town needs them all.
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Read the table. Tess's secret skill is .
makingreadingcounting
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Who says "Reading is my secret"?
Aunt Rosa, who bakesSam, who builds shedsNico, who sells flowers
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Join each task to its skill.
1Counting the eggs for a loaf
2Reading the plan for a shed
3Listening to a customer's worry
4Making lessons from paper and paint
Alistening
Breading
Cmaking
Dcounting
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A skill is something you do well because you practiced it.
TrueFalse
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Mina's four boxes are in the picture. How many of them does each worker use?
Only their secret oneTwo of themAll four, some more than others
Match, fix and think
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People make, grow, help, teach, move and things.
sellhidebreak
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Join each worker to what they do.
1A baker
2A gardener
3A bus driver
4A shopkeeper
Amakes things
Bsells things
Cmoves people
Dgrows things
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Number what Mina did on Jobs Day.
Mina draws four boxes
She asks each worker for a secret skill
She stays curious and keeps learning
She sees that every worker uses all four
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Mina says: I must choose my job today. Is Mina right?
YesNo
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Counting is hard for Mina. What is a small way to start?
Count the coins in a jarWait until she is grown upGive up counting for good
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Circle every true sentence.
Many jobs share the same skillsOne job is best for everyonePay differs from job to jobSkills never growPeople keep learning new skills as work changes
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Write one thing you do that is practice for a skill. Which skill is it?
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Draw yourself practicing one of the four skills.
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Answer key · Set A
Jobs and skills for later
1making Tess made lessons from paper, paint and a story, so making is her secret.
2Sam, who builds sheds Sam reads each plan twice before he cuts a plank.
31-D, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C Each task is one of the four skills: counting, reading, listening and making.
4True That is how skills grow: with practice.
5All four, some more than others Every worker used all four skills, in different amounts.
6sell Work comes in many kinds: make, grow, help, teach, move and sell.
71-A, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B Each kind of work does something different, and a town needs them all.
81, 2, 4, 3 Boxes first, then the workers' answers, then what she noticed, and last her plan to keep learning.
9No She did not need to choose today, only to stay curious and keep learning.
10Count the coins in a jar Skills grow with practice, so start small, like counting the coins in a jar.
11Many jobs share the same skills, Pay differs from job to job, People keep learning new skills as work changes No job is best for everyone, and skills grow with practice.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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